I am writing this week’s notes begrudgingly, but that is bound to happen sometimes. It is the cost of keeping up with a habit, I suppose. It has been a sluggish week. Even though I’ve been on my toes for most of it, it doesn’t feel like much has happened at all.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
1.
Last Friday, we announced the workshop I’ll be running at the Underline Center on April 13. The workshop is called Pixel/Play and will focus on appreciating pixel type in our environments, making them using analog materials and discussing what makes well-designed letterforms work. It is a riff on the workshop I facilitated at UXNow in January. The format is now a bit shorter, and I believe there is better focus and prompts. I’ve added a couple of more books to the collection I shared in Delhi, as well as some photographs and typeface samples. I spent lots of time in the week either preparing for the workshop, or preparing material to advertise it on social media. Noopur and I were quite anxious about selling tickets for the workshop, but I am glad we’re already 90% full, with only a couple of seats left to claim.
2.
There were a couple of plans this week to work alongside friends, but they both fell through, so I’ve been feeling a bit low.
3.
I am back at a writing assignment that has been simmering on for months. I hate how a break in work has severed my connection with the subject matter somewhat. I am feeling, for the lack of a better word, uninspired. So I’ve been doing what I do in these situations, writing whatever comes in my head anyway, knowing that a full page is better than a blank one, and that ideas are bound to come together if they are sketched out first.
4.
I submitted by final assignment for Provoking Type on Tuesday morning, and attended the last session of the course today. I’m still reflecting on what the programme offered me and what I could give back in return, but one of the more practical things that I know now is that I am too old to commit to learning weekly in the middle of the night. My sleep and food schedule is more precious than I give it credit for, and I need that to work for my health.
5.
Our local pool opened for the summer on Tuesday, and Amber and I managed to sneak in a swim first thing in the morning.